Bert Dodson
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
In the early days of the Civil War, Joseph must decide whether to defend his stepfather's abolitionist and pro-Union beliefs or side with the slave owners and Southern rights supporters in his home town of Branson Mills, Kentucky.
8) Casey Jones
Author
Publisher
Troll Associates
Pub. Date
c1980
Language
English
Description
Retells the true story of Casey Jones, the engineer who always brought his train in on time.
13) Buffalo thunder
Author
Publisher
Cavendish
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
When young Karl Isaac heads west with his family in a prairie schooner, he experiences many things but longs to see buffalo.
19) Thomas
Author
Series
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
In the early years of the Revolutionary War, eleven-year-old Thomas and his family escape a bloody massacre at Wyoming Valley and endure innumerable hardships as they try to make their way to Philadelphia.
20) Ancient Greece
Author
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
1982
Language
English
Description
Briefly describes ancient Greek civilization and provides instructions for making models of items such as Greek columns, statues, stringed instruments, and catapults.